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To ALL WHoM Ir MAY CONGERN:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM W. WRITING, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York,

have invented a new and improved Manner of Fastening Metal Plates upon Door-Hinges; and I do hereby declare that the following is u. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in 'the 'nrt to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which Y i Figure 1 represents a fron-t view,partly in section, of my invention.

Figure 2 is ahorizontal sectional4 view of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the line xx, g. 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view, showinga modification of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the line y y, iig, 4. i

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the latter, the plane of section being indicated by the line z e, iigrS.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new method of fastening the silver plated or other ornamental plates which are nsedrto cover and'conceal the screw-heads of doorfhinges. I

The invention consists in so securing the said plate upon the hinge that it can b'e easily-detached for cleaning and other purposes, and can be easily refastened; and that it will be secured without the useof pins or screws, whose heads appear on the face and impair the appearance ot' the same. Heretofore such plates were secured upon the hinge-plate by means of screws with countersunk plated heads. Said heads did not only injure the appearance ofthe plate, but the latter could not conveniently be taken oi1 onaccount of the screws.4

A represents a portion ot' a door.' B, the plate of the hinge, secured to the front of the door, by means of screws a a. O isthe silver-plated or other ornamental covering plate, which is to cover and conceal the plate B and screws a. On.the inner side of this plate are one or more projecting lugs 6 6, which-are set inclined, as is clearly shown in iig. 2, and which tit into corresponding apertures in the plate B. On the upper edge ofthe plate C is formed a loop or eye, c, which its smooth upon the socket d, of the hinge B. A pin, e, tted through this eye into the socket OZ, securely connects the partsB and C together, so they cannot be taken apart unless 'the pin is taken out. Then they easily come apart. The head ofthe pin e may b ecovered with a sheet-metal or other cap,f, to conceal the creases formed between@ and d, and between and the head of the pin. g i

In figs. 3 and 4 a modication is shown. In this, the eye c is attached to the back or inside of the plate C, and ts through an aperture in the plate B, and is secured by a screw or pin,e, in iig. 3. Y The pin ein this latter ca se is tted through a hole in the upper edge of the plate B, into the same, and through the eye c.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Providing the plate C with one or more lugs b, and with an eye, c, and securing it to thc plate B of the hinge, by means of a pin or screw, e, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

W. W. WHITING.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. Renners. 

